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'''Oracle Productions''' in Chicago, IL, was founded in 2001 and moved into their Storefront space at 3809 N Broadway in June of 2006.

Oracles Mission is to produce art and make it free. Oracle achieves this mission by a unique theater model called "Public Access Theatre," which they introduced to Chicago in 2010.<ref name=ReaderPAT>[http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/oracle-productions-public-arts-organization-free-theater/Content?oid=2223865 Thinking Outside The Black Box]</ref>

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'''James Ogden''' Company Member<br />

<ref name=company>[http://oracletheatre.org/Company.htm Oracle Production's Company Members]</ref>

==Past Productions==

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Summer 2005

Dir: Aaron Shapiro

==Awards and Citations==

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==International Ties==

Oracle Productions is cited as the company that influenced the UK's first shop front Theatre. <ref name=ShopFront1>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/dec/11/theatre-absolute-chip-shop-drama The Guardian - Deep-fried drama: how a chip shop was transformed into a forward-thinking theatre]</ref> During the production of Zero, play writer and producer Chris O'Connell visited Oracle Productions. During that time, Oracle and Chris had many conversations about Chicago Store Front theatre and its viability in the London scene. After this trip, Chris O'Connell returned to the UK and petitioned the local government to sponsor the opening of UK's first Shop Front Theatre.<ref name=ShopFront2>[http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/ice/Documents/ICE_Theatre%20Absolute%20Shop%20Front%20Theatre.pdf Conventry University Study - Year 1]</ref><ref name=ShopFront3>[http://www.midlandsbusinessnews.co.uk/2011-02/austerity-theatre-first-uk-shop-front-theatre-one-year-on.aspx Midlands Business News - First UK Shop Front Theatre one year on]</ref>

==References==

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